IPSWICH, MASS. (WHDH) - A man has been hospitalized with what fire officials describe as “serious, possibly life-threatening injuries” after falling from the roof of an Ipswich home on Thursday.

Firefighters responding to a report of a fall in the area of Candlewood Road around 1:15 p.m. determined the 53-year-old man had fallen 20 feet from the roof of a house he had been working on.

The man was found by the homeowner and suffered a head injury in the fall, according to Ipswich firefighters.

He was taken to Pony Express fields before being taken to a Boston hospital by medical helicopter.

His condition was not immediately released.

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